The Leverhulme Trust, a non-profit research funder in London, will invest £10 million (US$16.6 million) to create 150 doctoral scholarships across all UK science and humanities disciplines. Each award will be for £70,000 over 36 months. Universities can opt to offer extra funding to awardees, says trust spokesman Daniel Mapp. The scheme is meant to help those with undergraduate debt to pursue PhD degrees, but winners do not have to aim for any one professional path. “It will be for individuals to decide how they take their careers forward,” Mapp says. Anyone at a UK university is eligible, but UK and European Union students get priority.